Patents by Inventor Sebastian Griepenstroh

Sebastian Griepenstroh has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240047899
    Abstract: A flush-mounted plug connector is suitable for use in a battery management system. A plug connector housing has an assembly flange for assembling the plug on a housing wall of a housing, e.g. of the battery management system. A plug contact is integrated into the plug connector housing. The plug contact has a plug-in axis, a plug-in region, and a cable connection region. The cable connection region can be connected to the battery management system via a connection cable which is designed as a high-current cable. The cable connection region is designed as a crimp connection such that the plug contact is a crimp contact which is held in the plug connector housing in a rotatable manner about the plug-in axis at least during the assembly process, and after being assembled, the integrated crimp contact can be disassembled again by means of a disassembly tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventor: Sebastian GRIEPENSTROH
  • Publication number: 20240006819
    Abstract: A high-current plug-in connector (1, 1?), comprising a plug-in connector housing (13) and a socket contact (12, 12?) which is arranged therein and has a plug-in region (121, 121?) with a contact hole (120, 120?), wherein the high-current plug-in connector (1) has a coding for identifying its maximum current-carrying capacity, wherein the socket contact (12) has, at the contact hole (120), one or more grooves (1200), each with a contact spring (122) arranged therein or at least engaging therein, wherein the number of contact springs (122) determines the current-carrying capacity of the high-current plug-in connector (1), and the coding is formed by the depth of the contact hole (120).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventor: Sebastian GRIEPENSTROH
  • Publication number: 20230327371
    Abstract: A high-power plug connection system is provided comprising a cable connection housing for connecting at least two electric high-power plug connectors in order to transmit and/or distribute high electric current strengths and/or high electric voltages, at least two insulating bodies for receiving a respective high-power contact and at least one electrically conductive rail, wherein the longitudinal axes of the high-power contacts are arranged essentially in one plane in an offset manner from each other, the high-power contacts being connected together in an electrically conductive manner by the electrically conductive rail, said high-power contacts being provided with at least one recess, into which the rail at least partly fits, and wherein an interior space formed in the cable connection housing is at least partially encapsulated with a dielectric substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Sebastian GRIEPENSTROH, Martin SCHMIDT
  • Publication number: 20230268702
    Abstract: A high-power plug connector system is provided having a cable connection housing for connecting at least two electric high-power plug connectors in order to transmit and/or distribute high current strengths and/or a high electric voltages, wherein the cable connection housing comprises at least one insulating body for receiving at least one high-power contact, wherein the high-power contact is designed to establish an electrically conductive connection between the at least two high-power plug connectors, and wherein the insulating body at least partially projects through at least two housing perforations of the cable connection housing into at least two connecting regions of the cable connection housing, the connecting regions being designed to receive the high-power plug connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventor: Sebastian GRIEPENSTROH
  • Patent number: 11374348
    Abstract: A modular system for plug connector modules for producing plug connector units, and to at least one first housing frame for receiving a plurality of plug connector modules within the housing frame. Each housing frame has two parallel longitudinal side walls, which define the frame width of the housing frame, and perpendicularly thereto two parallel narrow side walls, which define the frame height of the housing frame. According to the invention: i) the frame width is an integer multiple of the frame height, optionally plus joint play; ii) the longitudinal side walls and the narrow side walls have connection elements for form-fitting connection, wherein in each case a connection element of a longitudinal side wall corresponds to a connection element of a narrow side wall; and iii) on each longitudinal side wall a plurality of connection elements are arranged at a grid distance which corresponds to the frame height, optionally plus joint play, along the frame width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: IGUS GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Stremlau, Till Brinkman, Sebastian Griepenstroh, Romano Deimel
  • Patent number: 11158978
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical connector (1), having at least one first cut-out introduced in the electrical connector housing (2), a bolt (11) movably arranged in said first cut-out, and a locking clip (3), which is pivotably attached to the electrical connector housing (2) and which has at least one second cut-out, wherein the at least one first cut-out and the at least one second cut-out are aligned with each other in a state of locking to a mating electrical connector and the bolt (11) arranged in the at least one first cut-out protrudes into the at least one second cut-out of the locking clip (3), whereby the locking clip (3) is fastened in the pivoting motion thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: HARTING Electric GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Peter Giesbrecht, Sebastian Griepenstroh
  • Publication number: 20210288440
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical connector (1), having at least one first cut-out introduced in the electrical connector housing (2), a bolt (11) movably arranged in said first cut-out, and a locking clip (3), which is pivotably attached to the electrical connector housing (2) and which has at least one second cut-out, wherein the at least one first cut-out and the at least one second cut-out are aligned with each other in a state of locking to a mating electrical connector and the bolt (11) arranged in the at least one first cut-out protrudes into the at least one second cut-out of the locking clip (3), whereby the locking clip (3) is fastened in the pivoting motion thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: HARTING Electric GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Peter GIESBRECHT, Sebastian GRIEPENSTROH
  • Patent number: 11095073
    Abstract: A locking clip for plug housings has a rear wall and side parts formed on the rear wall. The locking clip has a U-shaped cross-section. The side parts each have a mounting receptacle, by which the locking device can be pivotably mounted on the plug housing. The locking device has an embossment directed toward the plug housing in the region of each mounting receptacle. Thus, the locking device is not supported on the plug body over the full surface, and therefore a lower-wear locking operation is ensured. A system includes a first plug housing and a second plug housing and a locking clip. The locking clip is pivotably mounted on the first plug housing by mounting pins. The locking clip can be locked on the second plug housing on locking pins. The locking clip touches the plug housings only at the mounting pins and at the locking pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: HARTING Electric GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Nicole Spilker, Heiko Herbrechtsmeier, Sebastian Griepenstroh
  • Publication number: 20210119372
    Abstract: A modular system for plug connector modules for producing plug connector units, and to at least one first housing frame for receiving a plurality of plug connector modules within the housing frame. Each housing frame has two parallel longitudinal side walls, which define the frame width of the housing frame, and perpendicularly thereto two parallel narrow side walls, which define the frame height of the housing frame. According to the invention: i) the frame width is an integer multiple of the frame height, optionally plus joint play; ii) the longitudinal side walls and the narrow side walls have connection elements for form-fitting connection, wherein in each case a connection element of a longitudinal side wall corresponds to a connection element of a narrow side wall; and iii) on each longitudinal side wall a plurality of connection elements are arranged at a grid distance which corresponds to the frame height, optionally plus joint play, along the frame width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Christian STREMLAU, Till BRINKMAN, Sebastian GRIEPENSTROH, Romano DEIMEL
  • Patent number: 10950976
    Abstract: Disclosed is a connector assembly having a first connector part and a second connector part. The first connector part includes a lever mounted on a base body of the first connector part for pivotable movement about a pivot axis (C) between first and second positions relative to the base body. The connector assembly can be brought from a ready-to-mate state into a mated state by relative movement of the first and second connector parts towards each other along a connection axis and vice versa. At least one engaging portion of the lever interacts with at least one counter-engaging portion of the second connector part in such a way, that the connector assembly is forcibly brought from the mated to the ready-to-mate state by pivoting the lever from the first position into the second position when the connector assembly is in the mated state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Inventors: Chuansheng Ding, Alexander Schönfeld, Sebastian Griepenstroh, Dieter Riepe, Heiko Meier, Florian Hackemeier
  • Patent number: 10665987
    Abstract: A plug connector housing has a socket housing and a screw attachment. The socket housing has an outer surface of circular cross section with an encircling first groove formed therein. The screw attachment has an inner surface of circular cross section with an encircling second groove formed therein. The plug connector housing furthermore has a circlip which is arranged with its inner circumference in the first groove and with its outer circumference in the second groove in order to hold the screw attachment rotatably on the socket housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: HARTING Electric GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Irina Lötkemann, Sebastian Griepenstroh, Florian Hackemeier
  • Publication number: 20200119492
    Abstract: A locking clip for plug housings has a rear wall and side parts formed on the rear wall. The locking clip has a U-shaped cross-section. The side parts each have a mounting receptacle, by which the locking device can be pivotably mounted on the plug housing. The locking device has an embossment directed toward the plug housing in the region of each mounting receptacle. Thus, the locking device is not supported on the plug body over the full surface, and therefore a lower-wear locking operation is ensured. A system includes a first plug housing and a second plug housing and a locking clip. The locking clip is pivotably mounted on the first plug housing by mounting pins. The locking clip can be locked on the second plug housing on locking pins. The locking clip touches the plug housings only at the mounting pins and at the locking pins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: HARTING Electric GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Nicole Spilker, Heiko Herbrechtsmeier, Sebastian Griepenstroh
  • Publication number: 20200044381
    Abstract: A modular system for plug connector modules for producing plug connector units, and to at least one first housing frame for receiving a plurality of plug connector modules within the housing frame. Each housing frame has two parallel longitudinal side walls, which define the frame width of the housing frame, and perpendicularly thereto two parallel narrow side walls, which define the frame height of the housing frame. According to the invention: i) the frame width is an integer multiple of the frame height, optionally plus joint play; ii) the longitudinal side walls and the narrow side walls have connection elements for form-fitting connection, wherein in each case a connection element of a longitudinal side wall corresponds to a connection element of a narrow side wall; and iii) on each longitudinal side wall a plurality of connection elements are arranged at a grid distance which corresponds to the frame height, optionally plus joint play, along the frame width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Christian STREMLAU, Till BRINKMAN, Sebastian GRIEPENSTROH, Romano DEIMEL
  • Publication number: 20200006893
    Abstract: Disclosed is a connector assembly having a first connector part and a second connector part. The first connector part includes a lever mounted on a base body of the first connector part for pivotable movement about a pivot axis (C) between first and second positions relative to the base body. The connector assembly can be brought from a ready-to-mate state into a mated state by relative movement of the first and second connector parts towards each other along a connection axis and vice versa. At least one engaging portion of the lever interacts with at least one counter-engaging portion of the second connector part in such a way, that the connector assembly is forcibly brought from the mated to the ready-to-mate state by pivoting the lever from the first position into the second position when the connector assembly is in the mated state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Chuansheng DING, Alexander SCHÖNFELD, Sebastian GRIEPENSTROH, Dieter RIEPE, Heiko MEIER, Florian HACKEMEIER
  • Publication number: 20190348798
    Abstract: A plug connector housing has a socket housing and a screw attachment. The socket housing has an outer surface of circular cross section with an encircling first groove formed therein. The screw attachment has an inner surface of circular cross section with an encircling second groove formed therein. The plug connector housing furthermore has a circlip which is arranged with its inner circumference in the first groove and with its outer circumference in the second groove in order to hold the screw attachment rotatably on the socket housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: HARTING Electric GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Irina Lötkemann, Sebastian Griepenstroh, Florian Hackemeier
  • Patent number: 10305218
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a protective cap for an attachment housing. The protective cap has a basic shape which is substantially box-shaped. The protective cap has a first locking device on the narrow faces of the box-shaped basic shape, and the protective cap has a second locking device on at least one broad face of the box-shaped basic shape. The disclosure likewise relates to a system comprising such a protective cap and a matching attachment housing. Advantageously, the locking devices of the protective cap can be used with and without a locking bracket of an attachment housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: HARTING Electric GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Sebastian Griepenstroh, Florian Schenk
  • Patent number: 10141672
    Abstract: A latching mechanism for plug contacts in insulating housings of plug connectors is provided. The latching mechanism which, in addition to the known arrangement of a latching arm and latching shoulder, provides a latching lug on the latching shoulder. As a result of the latching lug, the latching mechanism is prevented from becoming released under a mechanical load. The latching lug enables additional latching of the latching arm against the plug contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: HARTING Electric GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Sebastian Griepenstroh
  • Publication number: 20180123281
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a protective cap for an attachment housing. The protective cap has a basic shape which is substantially box-shaped. The protective cap has a first locking device on the narrow faces of the box-shaped basic shape, and the protective cap has a second locking device on at least one broad face of the box-shaped basic shape. The disclosure likewise relates to a system comprising such a protective cap and a matching attachment housing. Advantageously, the locking devices of the protective cap can be used with and without a locking bracket of an attachment housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Sebastian Griepenstroh, Florian Schenk
  • Publication number: 20180034186
    Abstract: A latching mechanism for plug contacts in insulating housings of plug connectors is provided. The latching mechanism which, in addition to the known arrangement of a latching arm and latching shoulder, provides a latching lug on the latching shoulder. As a result of the latching lug, the latching mechanism is prevented from becoming released under a mechanical load. The latching lug enables additional latching of the latching arm against the plug contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventor: Sebastian Griepenstroh
  • Patent number: D789296
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: HARTING ELECTRIC GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Sebastian Griepenstroh, Thomas Beischer